Quantum Physics Videos Hacker News Recommends

Quantum physics videos on HackerTube: the talks, lectures and explainers Hacker News commenters keep sharing, covering wave function, entanglement, double slit, quantum field theory, interpretations, Sean Carroll, PBS Space Time, quantum gravity, particle physics, CERN, Higgs.

55 videos · ranked by HN recommendations · showing 1–48

Most recommended quantum physics videos

The ones HN returns to most often when a thread turns to this topic.

talk#18

The Quantum Conspiracy: What Popularizers of QM Don't Want You to Know

Google TechTalks

“This is the video that finally made it click for me[1].”

11 HN recommenders · 2012–2025

explainer#222

Quantum Entanglement & Spooky Action at a Distance

Veritasium

“It's my favorite video for explaining how we know that the state is not determined until it has been measured.”

9 HN recommenders · 2015–2022

lecture#435

Quantum Fields: The Real Building Blocks of the Universe - with David Tong

The Royal Institution

“is a masterpiece. Some very interesting facts, mostly about what we don't know.”

5 HN recommenders · 2019–2025

lecture#439

The Physics and Philosophy of Time - with Carlo Rovelli

The Royal Institution

“There is a great lecture »The Physics and Philosophy of Time« by Carlo Rovelli [1] aimed at the general public”

5 HN recommenders · 2018–2022

lecture#462

The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Introduction

Sean Carroll

“Just enough math to be interesting but nothing requiring a math degree.”

5 HN recommenders · 2021–2025

lecture#467

Demystifying the Higgs Boson with Leonard Susskind

Stanford

“I highly highly recommend this talk by Leonard Susskind”

3 HN recommenders · 2016–2024

explainer#560

The more general uncertainty principle, regarding Fourier transforms

3Blue1Brown

“The clearest, most intuitive explanation of the Fourier Uncertainty Principle that I have come across is by Grant Sanderson of 3Blue1Brown.”

7 HN recommenders · 2019–2025

explainer#600

Visualization of Quantum Physics (Quantum Mechanics)

udiprod

“Highly recommended for anyone trying to grok the relationship between a wave, a particle, and an observation.”

3 HN recommenders · 2017–2021

lecture#796

Particles, Fields and The Future of Physics - A Lecture by Sean Carroll

Fermilab

“Sean Carroll is a master of making quantum mechanics approachable to non-physicists.”

5 HN recommenders · 2016–2022

explainer#848

Noether's Theorem and The Symmetries of Reality

PBS Space Time

“It's such an aha moment.”

5 HN recommenders · 2018–2026

lecture#854

Leonard Susskind on The World As Hologram | TVO Docs

TVO Docs

“IIRC these are very good videos to start with”

7 HN recommenders · 2013–2021

lecture#861

A Brief History of Quantum Mechanics - with Sean Carroll

The Royal Institution

“Sean Carroll is a master of making quantum mechanics approachable to non-physicists.”

5 HN recommenders · 2020–2022

explainer#986

Bell's Theorem: The Quantum Venn Diagram Paradox

minutephysics

“did a two part collab that simplifies some of it down to a counting problem that'd be suitable for grade school.”

8 HN recommenders · 2019–2024

explainer#1108

Your Mass is NOT From the Higgs Boson

Veritasium

“This video explains where the mass of a proton comes from”

4 HN recommenders · 2015–2023

explainer#1221

How the Quantum Eraser Rewrites the Past | Space Time | PBS Digital Studios

PBS Space Time

“a quick video from space time for those being first introduced”

4 HN recommenders · 2017–2025

lecture#1228

Entanglement and Complexity: Gravity and Quantum Mechanics

Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics

“Mr.Susskind has a Stanford lecture on this topic detailing the physics in his own unique & awesome way”

4 HN recommenders · 2015–2023

explainer#1306

The Delayed Choice Quantum Eraser, Debunked

Sabine Hossenfelder

“Later Sabine Hossenfelder did a video debunking the proposition that DCQE somehow showed that the past was being rewritten.”

5 HN recommenders · 2021–2026

explainer#1310

Pilot Wave Theory and Quantum Realism | Space Time | PBS Digital Studios

PBS Space Time

“Here's another great video from PBS Spacetime on this topic”

4 HN recommenders · 2016–2022

explainer#1323

Is This What Quantum Mechanics Looks Like?

Veritasium

“an excellent pilot wave (de Broglie-Bohm) theory video by Veritasium[1]”

4 HN recommenders · 2016–2025

lecture#1334

A Portal Special Presentation- Geometric Unity: A First Look

Eric Weinstein

“his original lecture detailing the Geometric Unity model he discussed on Rogan”

3 HN recommenders · 2020–2022

lecture#1342

Black hole Firewalls - with Sean Carroll and Jennifer Ouellette

The Royal Institution

“explains the paradox and several different competing theories at a high level.”

3 HN recommenders · 2017–2022

demo#1408

Single particle creates interference after double slit - Wave particle duality at the workshop

heligone

“If you want to develop intuition, look at this video”

3 HN recommenders · 2015–2021

explainer#1545

Do Complex Numbers Exist?

Sabine Hossenfelder

“I highly recommend video by Sabine Hossenfelder [1] on this topic.”

3 HN recommenders · 2021–2023

explainer#1578

How the Higgs Mechanism Give Things Mass

PBS Space Time

“about as deep as a lay audience can hope to surmount”

4 HN recommenders · 2022–2024

lecture#1762

Lecture 1 | The Theoretical Minimum

Stanford

“And he's entertaining as hell.”

3 HN recommenders · 2017–2021

explainer#1813

Hawking Radiation

PBS Space Time

“explains it really well while keeping it accessible for non-physicists”

3 HN recommenders · 2019–2024

explainer#1815

Do we have to accept Quantum weirdness? De Broglie Bohm Pilot Wave Theory explained

Looking Glass Universe

“I love this series, Looking Glass Universe, on the subject [0,1].”

3 HN recommenders · 2017–2020

lecture#2056

Leonard Susskind | "ER = EPR" or "What's Behind the Horizons of Black Holes?" - 1 of 2

Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics

“I found these lectures by Leonard Susskind very insightful”

3 HN recommenders · 2015–2023

explainer#2089

How big is a visible photon?

Huygens Optics

“I like this one for the approachable and intuitive explanation”

3 HN recommenders · 2021–2025

podcast#2203

Consciousness is Not a Computation (Roger Penrose) | AI Podcast Clips

Lex Fridman

“I don't take Roger's view about consciousness for granted but it is very interesting nevertheless.”

3 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

explainer#2223

The Higgs Mechanism Explained | Space Time | PBS Digital Studios

PBS Space Time

“I think this video does a good job explaining it, much better than I could”

3 HN recommenders · 2018–2022

explainer#2224

The Holographic Universe Explained

PBS Space Time

“Here's a video that made me feel like I almost half-way understood one of the main underlying principles (AdS/CFT correspondence)”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2022

explainer#2293

Turning Waves Into Particles

Huygens Optics

“the explanation is beautiful in its simplicity”

2 HN recommenders · 2025

explainer#2295

Quantum Entanglement and the Great Bohr-Einstein Debate | Space Time | PBS Digital Studios

PBS Space Time

“there is a great video by the PBS space time channel explaining quantum entanglement”

3 HN recommenders · 2016–2022

interview#2394

There’s No Wave Function? | Jacob Barandes

Curt Jaimungal

“Barandes is excellent at clearly articulating complex ideas in very simple, concise terms.”

2 HN recommenders · 2024–2026

explainer#2646

The Strangest Implication of Quantum Mechanics

Veritasium

“this veritasium video is quite eye opening”

3 HN recommenders · 2025

talk#2680

David Deutsch on Physics Without Probability

Simon Benjamin

“Worth a watch especially if you balk at this idea just to to see a strong counter argument.”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2023

lecture#2682

Sir Roger Penrose & Dr. Stuart Hameroff: CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE PHYSICS OF THE BRAIN

The Qualcomm Institute

“for the first time I think a truly compelling idea of what consciousness is in a scientific way that could potentially be empirically measured.”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2024

explainer#2850

The Black Hole Information Paradox

PBS Space Time

“There's a great PBS Space Time youtube video on this concept”

2 HN recommenders · 2018–2021

explainer#2954

Why Quantum Information is Never Destroyed

PBS Space Time

“I have to recommend the relevant PBS Space Time on the subject”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2021

explainer#3027

Quantum Field Theory visualized

ScienceClic English

“I mean there are ways to visualize these things”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2026

explainer#3052

Why the Muon g-2 Results Are So Exciting!

PBS Space Time

“PBS Spacetime is YouTube channel hosted by astrophysics Ph.D Matt O'Dowd, aimed at casual physics enthusiasts without oversimplifying underlying physics too much.”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2022